# Incident 19890815043199I: Piper PA31310, Fort Collins, CO, August 15, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1989, 19:30 local time
- Place: Fort Collins, CO
- Airport: Fort Collins-Loveland Municipal Arp
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.5853° N, 105.0844° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Collins, CO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.5853&lon=-105.0844&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6644L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6644L-1994-05-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piper PA-31-310 (registry code 7103102, https://openairdocs.org/model/piper-pa-31-310) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PIPER PA31310
- People aboard: 4
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total, 800 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890815043199I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PILOT FORGOT TO LOWER LANDING GEAR WHILE MAKING AN ILS APPROACH. LANDED WITH THE GEAR RETRACTED.

## Other reports on N6644L (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19810417025759I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810417025759I), Apr 17, 1981: Piper PA31 (N6644L), Cincinnati, OH, Minor damage. Right gear extended but nose and left main remained up. All efforts failed. Clevis pin for selector cable fell out.
- [Incident 19780206006039I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780206006039I), Feb 6, 1978: Piper PA31 (N6644L), Pullman, WA, Minor damage. Engine cowling came loose in flight. It had not been latched properly.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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